US Navy’s newest and most technologically advanced surface ship, USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000)

USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) departs Bath Iron Works to begin its 3-month journey to its new homeport in San Diego. The nation’s largest and most technologically sophisticated destroyer will join the Navy with a crew that’s the smallest of any destroyer built since the 1930s thanks to extensive automation. The stealthy Zumwalt departed Wednesday from Bath Iron Works to head to its commissioning ceremony with a crew of 147 officers and sailors that was praised by their skipper for their preparation over the past